Living Quotes - Page 7

The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.

Living is art.Breathing and heart beating is music.Seeing is painting the world with our eyes.Touching is sculpting the shape of everything.Life is the most intense art of all.

Living erotically is opening oneself up to nature-- externally and within.

Can't look at the damage that's been done, it's not healthy. Have to look ahead of it. Can't change what I've done, only what I'm gonna do.

You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think.

Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the decisions you make and actions you take today.

Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.

We have to live within the framework of our limitations and the mistakes we make. Argue with Destiny, but never try to wrestle it into submission. If you do, you’ll end up losing.

Being a part of the world in a healthy, mindful, present sense means learning to have complete faith that things will work out. Living in this world means that instead of cowering away, or giving up when the going gets a bit tough, get up and keep going. You’re not here merely to survive or fight your way through the world.

She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo.

It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.

Whatever you do today, impacts your historicity.

Great is the Lord’s provisions. Even in times of famine, we have more than enough to eat.

Books had rescued me when i most needed saving... Books were smarter than me and words inspired me... to try something new, charge forward without a clear understanding of what would happen next, because "given something like death, what does it matter if one looks foolish now and then, or tries too hard, or cares too deeply?"In the end, Thoreau, Whitman, Hafiz, and a dozen other writers put me up to the task of seeing if I dared to "live a life worth living.

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile - Kamada Nakasato, 102-y/o-female fr. Okinawa

This fiddling and drifting and not impressing oneself upon anything – this always refraining and fingering and cutting things up into little jokes and facetiousness – that's what's so annihilating. Yet given little money, little looks, no special gift – what can one do? How could one battle? How could one leap on the back of life and wring its scruff?

Why do you feel so powerless? Go spend an hour with ants. Each of those black specks you see is a life. One whole life that you can save, take, or affect in some way. You have the power to make so many lives better. It is within you. Don’t lose sight of that.

Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.

It is not the small number of big decisions that we take but the large number of small decisions that we take in life, shapes our life.

Our real life is not the life we live, and we feel that our deepest, nay, our most intimate thoughts are quite apart from ourselves, for we are other than our thoughts and our dreams. And it is only at special moments – it may be by merest accident – that we live our own life. Will the day ever dawn when we shall be what we are? …

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

You have to be pragmatic, purposeful and goal-oriented to be fully effective

I'm happily married to Peter senior; we're best friends as well as lovers, which is probably the best recipe for a successful relationship. We live in a lovely part of England.

I’m going to give you some advice: don’t be such a whiny asshole. It makes you look weak.

Never let hard lessons harden your heart; the hard lessons of life are meant to make you better, not bitter.

If you always do what is easy and choose the path of least resistance, you never step outside your comfort zone. Great things don’t come from comfort zones.

Gain great values by converting your time

I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it.

You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You don’t have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

I think about the pepper plant, the corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, and more plants. And I've noticed that while those seeds are living within the fruit or vegetable they can not grow. It is only when those seeds have died, that they can be planted and grow. And, I can relate this same process to the human body. In order to grow and thrive in the spirit, you must die to the flesh. Meaning, You have to rid your mind and body of toxic negative worldly things in order to grow and develop more spiritually.

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

Faith gives self-confidence and self-courage and strength.

Love is a spark of divinity.

A child thinks and acts like a child. But when you are grown, you act and think like an adult. Too many people are still childish and immature and fail to realize it's a setback in their lives.

Greatness is the quality of time converted into production or value

You are Destined for Greatness. The enemy seeks to destroy your hopes and dreams. It is Important that you Activate Your Faith. Believe with All Your Heart. Nothing is Impossible for God. You shall Fulfill Your Destiny.

To take this one shot at life and live it with God is to take this one shot and have it reverberate across and around my world as if it were a million shots and more.

Don’t blame others. it won’t make you a better person.

This life is quite a rave- few heartaches, some long waits, altering faiths & breaking cliches!

Always do good when you're tempted to do evil. The reward in doing good is priceless.

I want my life to be about LIVING, not leaving --which is why I'm LEAVING nothing behind.

My innocence is not lost—it has been converted into wisdom. The sensation we call "breaking" is the pain that comes from resisting the truth. Life broke parts of me that needed to fall away for me to live an open and truthful life.

Who did she know in Raleigh who took time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow of a canoe? These weren't the things that drove society, but she felt they shouldn't be treated as unimportant. They made living worthwhile.

You can't do passion halfway. Living your passion means you're all in. You trust your heart and trust your gut wherever that takes you.

If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.

We all have the potential to be great and the seed of greatness

Sometimes you just have to step outside the box and take a leap of faith. You may not be able to see what's on the other side, but you can't remain in the same place. Fear is what keeps you there. If you want something badly enough you'll take the steps to get there. If you believe it, then you can achieve it.

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.

The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)

We are in this world to fulfill a specific sacred mission.

Life is not meant to be lived on the sidelines or the edge of the pool. It is meant to be embraced, inhaled, and devoured. It is meant to be tasted, chewed and swallowed, savoring each and every experience as if it were the most delicious delicacy ever eaten.

But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.

Living the life I wanted was my ultimate responsibility. Learning to forgive was my ultimate act of self-love.

One dies the way he lives.

Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those thoughts will end up controlling your life. No one can live a positive life with a negative mind.

We are chained by our own control. Life is nothing more than finding the key that unlocks every part of our soul.

Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

This is the best worst time of my life.

Make the most of the best and the best of the worst, and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving.